(BBC) - When most people around the world think of Brazil, wine is not something that springs to mind. Even in the country itself, most Brazilians don't give fermented grape juice much thought. It is very much a beer drinking nation, lager to be specific. And served as cold as possible to refresh in the hot weather. Yet Brazil has had a small wine industry for hundreds of years, started by the first Portuguese settlers, and then continued by Italian immigrants.